TEA-BLENDING.

Grey River Argus, 25 September 1909, Page 1

TEA-BLENDING.

An eminent tea expert, writing in be "Tea and Coffee Trade Journal," ;ays:—"Tea bien'ding is a scientific «t, and the acme of the arris tv 'lift' jlenda up, not to depress them to a lull average. The expert will blend jne or two or threepence a pound lesb money, a blend that shall equal the ire essential. No hard and fast rules :an be laid down, but there.is a gieat arire to be gained by the successful ndividual who by his skill can make, ow-pneed, medium, and fine-quality ens in such a way as to make a 'fine iquoring' not a medium, cup. The j«"*at secret is to select for y»ur fetching up' grade a tea that can doninate the blend. For this, great exaenence and a highly trained palate line expensive one of the inexperi ;nred blender." In New Zealnd expert tea-blenders ire few ami far between, and while .her<» are many brands of blended eas on the market, few are the work )f real experts. For the most p_rt be teas are mixed in a haphazard rind of way, the main object being he obtaining of a maximum profit. Uniformity of quality or flavour under such conditions is impossible and pur ty probelmaticar. There is one firm in New Zealand vho have for many years been selling he finest blended teas in Australasia. Qlendtd; by an expert of great experi ;nce and unique skill, who also bas Lhe advantage 'of Eis firm's superior buying and importing hese tsas are undoubtedly very fine examples of the blender's art, and at .he various prices at which they are ;old they are undeniably the best /alae obtainable in the Dominion. We ■efer to "Tiger" Teas. That they nave for so many years retained their supremacy and great popularity in the face of increased competition js cvi iencc of the public's ; critical abilities. The people of Hew Zealand are, on thfe whole, good judges of tea, and as "Tiger" Tea is still the pick of the feat majority nothing further need bo said, except that they are obtainable from all stores at is 4d. is 6d, rs BfJ, is lod, and 2s per lb. That at is 8d per lb is thc^.most favoured a present. It is 'a-yesy^.fine t?a, an hose who cannot afford the higher triced "Tiger" Teas find it quite as roi.l as othei brands of tea at 2s per b. ' Those, however, who are coraiclleJ to buy a low priced tea will get he best value for their money, both in luality and flavor, if they buy the lowirired "Tiger" blend3.—(l).